If anyone is ever lucky enough to meet him, you're probably better off calling him by his real name Adam!

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Calvin Harris has revealed in a new interview that he hates being called his artist name in person.

Real name Adam Wiles, he revealed the news on Boogie & Arlene’s Show on Scottish radio channel Clyde 1.

“No one calls me Calvin," he said. "It’s horrible and it’s not my name. At the start of my career [when]people were meeting me for the first time, I let it slide. It was sort of a nickname.”

But Wiles explained that as he got bigger as an artist, he decided he couldn't take it any more. “I was like, ‘I’m sorry this is ridiculous. You’re speaking to my alter ego,'” he said. “Since that day I’ve been like, ‘I don’t care if you think it’s a nickname or anything, it’s not my name.'”

In November, Wiles stated The Chemical Brothers were a huge inspiration for his music. That was after he landed the No. 40 spot on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll last year.

I realised just now... I'm not being funny but he comes across as a bit of an arsehole there. Why should he expect people to know his real name if he decides to call himself Calvin Harris? It's like Elton John being annoyed that people don't call him Reginald Dwight or George Michael being annoyed not to be called Georgios Panayiotou. He should have stuck with his own name if it bothers him that much, Adam Wiles is perfectly fine for a DJ...

I realised just now... I'm not being funny but he comes across as a bit of an arsehole there. Why should he expect people to know his real name if he decides to call himself Calvin Harris? It's like Elton John being annoyed that people don't call him Reginald Dwight or George Michael being annoyed not to be called Georgios Panayiotou. He should have stuck with his own name if it bothers him that much, Adam Wiles is perfectly fine for a DJ...

Totally agree, he is known under the name of Calvinh Harris, people are fans of Calving Harris and most would have no idea who Adam Wiles is.